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Tweak says, "say-whaaaaaat?"

Karin Shepherd | Tiamat (sheltering_sky) wrote in paxletalelogs,
@ 2011-09-05 20:44:00

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geb, tiamat

there's magic in the water that attracts all men
Who: Sean & Karin.
What: Two strangers enjoy a little downward facing dog on the beach. Mrowr.
Where: The beach!
When: 7:30 AM.
Warnings: None yet.

Karin's plan had been to be early. Not excruciatingly, painfully, socially awkwardly early, but only moderately so. Early enough to choose the best spot to see the sun slowly marching upward, to place her mat down in the sand closest to this new instructor. She had taken little enough time to get ready, leaving her apartment without a stitch of makeup, her hair loose around her face in a thick and wild mane, her clothes a hastily thrown on combination of fitted workout shorts and a loose white tank. But when she arrived she realized there were no other students, yet, her only companions on the beach a few lone joggers and screaming, wheeling birds. She narrowed her eyes, yoga mat rolled beneath her restless arm, and trudged out onto the beach all the same. Now that she was out here, a rare day off stretching beautifully out before her, there was no reason at all to turn back. Sean had to turn up sooner or later, and even if he did not, the day was breaking beautiful and bright, and she could find countless other ways to spend it.

"Well," she said, sighing at no-one in particular. "Better early than never?" She knelt down in white sand, hoping she had at least approximated the place they had been meant to meet. It looked like the place, and was within walking distance of their building; she had a good feeling about it all, but her inner voice had lied to her before. Leaning over the packed earth she stretched out a slender arm, sweeping away excess sand and a few stray pebbles, then moved to spread her mat out across the smoothed surface.

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eternalearth
2011-09-28 09:18 pm UTC (link)

"Oh," had he gone too far? He had gone too far, maybe he had assumed too much, or maybe she was the type of person that didn't like people randomly touching her. Either way, he was concerned that he had upset her or crossed a boundry in some way or another. "well, good luck on your interview. It was an absolute pleasure Karin and please, feel free to join me any time on the beach for yoga, you are excellent company." Sean stood up and walked over to the fridge, pulling down a basket that was sitting on the top. He grabbed a few cards out from the basket and handed two to Karin. "One is a card for 5 free meditation classes, and the other is a card for 5 free yoga classes at the center. Use them too if you like."

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sheltering_sky
2011-09-29 12:16 pm UTC (link)

Carefully she set the plate down, her fork primly laid across its length. She smiled as she took the cards from him, more grateful for his time, for his kindness, than she could have put to words. But embarrassed as she was by her own response to him, she could not seem to force herself to act otherwise; it had been a long time since she had felt these stirrings, so unlike her, so ill timed, and now she was left with no real idea of how to respond to them. Still, she acted as she thought Fiona might, her fingers softly brushing his as she took the cards from him. "Thank you," she repeated lamely, her voice cracking on the words. "You've been..." She blushed again, looking up to him, wishing now more than ever she could apologize for this. "You've really been wonderful." She drew a deep, trembling breath, leaning gingerly up to him, and placed a quick kiss to his cheek. She raised the card, ignoring the trembling of her hands as she did. "I hope I get to take you up on these. I'll um. I'll see you around, Sean."

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	eternalearth 2011-09-29 02:22 pm UTC (link)
	"I'll see you around Karin." She was the kind of person that was beautiful outside and in, and he was immediately smitten. He opened his mouth, about to say something more, but decided against it and instead just smiled as he walked her to the door. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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